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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3017 

To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide 

resources to implement the programmatic changes necessary to meet 

the requirements of the Family First Prevention Services Act, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2019 

Mr. WENSTRUP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security 

Act to provide resources to implement the programmatic 

changes necessary to meet the requirements of the Family First Prevention Services Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family First Transi5 tion Assistance Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING. 

7 The Congress finds that the Department of Health 

8 and Human Services has full authority to execute section 


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1 50711 of Public Law 115–123, giving certainty to States 

2 and expediting help to children and families. 

3 SEC. 3. PHASE-IN OF 50 PERCENT WELL-SUPPORTED PRE4 VENTION PRACTICES REQUIREMENT. 

5 Section 474(a)(6)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(6)(A)(ii)) is amended to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(ii)(I) not less than the applicable 

9 percentage of the total amount expended 

10 by a State under clause (I) for a fiscal 

11 year shall be for the provision of services 

12 or programs specified in subparagraph (A) 

13 or (B) of section 471(e)(1) that are pro14 vided in accordance with well-supported 

15 practices; and 

16 ‘‘(II) for purposes of subclause (I), 

17 the term ‘applicable percentage’ means— 

18 ‘‘(aa) 0 percent, in the case of 

19 each of fiscal years 2020 through 

20 2023; 

21 ‘‘(bb) 20 percent, in the case of 

22 fiscal years 2024 and 2025; 

23 ‘‘(cc) 35 percent, in the case of 

24 fiscal years 2026 and 2027; and 


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1 ‘‘(dd) 50 percent, in the case of 

2 fiscal year 2028 and each succeeding 

3 fiscal year; plus’’. 

4 SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR FOSTER FAMILY HOMES. 

5 Section 436(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 629f(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(c) SUPPORT FOR FOSTER FAMILY HOMES.—Out 

8 of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 

9 otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Sec10 retary for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 

11 $20,000,000 for the Secretary to make competitive grants 

12 to States, Indian tribes, or tribal consortia to support the 

13 recruitment and retention of high-quality foster families 

14 to increase their capacity to place more children in family 

15 settings. The grants shall be focused on States, Indian 

16 tribes, or tribal consortia with the highest percentage of 

17 children in non-family settings.’’. 

18 SEC. 5. SUPPORT TO INCREASE QUALITY FAMILY AND RESI19 DENTIAL CARE SETTINGS. 

20 Section 436 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 629f) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(d) SUPPORT TO INCREASE QUALITY FAMILY AND

23 RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS.—Out of any money in the 

24 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

25 there are appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal 


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1 years 2020 through 2024 $20,000,000 for the Secretary 

2 to make competitive grants to States, Indian tribes, or 

3 tribal consortia to improve State capacity to offer thera4 peutic treatment foster family homes and licensed residen5 tial family-based facilities for substance abuse treatment 

6 and mental health care. The grants shall be focused on 

7 States, Indian tribes, or tribal consortia with the greatest 

8 need for services, accreditation, and capacity.’’. 

9 SEC. 6. TEMPORARY ENHANCED MATCH FOR PLANNING, 

10 DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, OR INSTALLATION 

11 OF STATEWIDE DATA COLLECTION AND IN12 FORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 474(a)(3)(C) of the Social 

14 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(C)) is amended by 

15 striking ‘‘50’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘75’’. 

16 (b) ELIMINATION.—Effective October 1, 2022, sec17 tion 474(a)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(C)), 

18 as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended 

19 by striking ‘‘75’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘50’’. 

20 SEC. 7. PAY-FOR. 

21 Section 403(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018 such 

23 sums as are necessary for payment to the Fund in a total 

24 amount not to exceed $608,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 


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1 such sums as are necessary for payment to the Fund in 

2 a total amount not to exceed $568,000,000’’. 

3 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

5 this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take ef6 fect on October 1, 2019. 

7 (b) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a State plan under 

8 part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which 

9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines 

10 requires State legislation (other than legislation appro11 priating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional 

12 requirements imposed by the amendments made by this 

13 Act, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to com14 ply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis 

15 of the failure of the plan to meet the additional require16 ments before the first day of the first calendar quarter 

17 beginning after the close of the first regular session of the 

18 State legislature that begins after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 

20 in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, 

21 each year of the session shall be deemed to be a separate 

22 regular session of the State legislature. 

23 (c) APPLICATION TO PROGRAMS OPERATED BY IN24 DIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—In the case of an Indian 

25 tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium which the 


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1 Secretary of Health and Human Services determines re2 quires time to take action necessary to comply with the 

3 additional requirements imposed by the amendments made 

4 by this Act (whether the tribe, organization, or tribal con5 sortium has a plan under section 479B of the Social Secu6 rity Act or a cooperative agreement or contract entered 

7 into with a State), the Secretary shall provide the tribe, 

8 organization, or tribal consortium with such additional 

9 time as the Secretary determines is necessary for the tribe, 

10 organization, or tribal consortium to take the action to 

11 comply with the additional requirements before being re12 garded as failing to comply with the requirements. 

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